The Dr. Seuss IQ Test: How Many Seussian Quotations Can You Identify?

Today is Dr. Seuss’s birthday, also known as Read Across America Day, which means that all across the country, children are gathering to celebrate reading with green eggs and ham, photo booths, and hat-shaped cookies. Of course, you’ve been reading the great Dr. Seuss books since you were a wee one, and now you’re reading them to your own kids like crazy. But how well do you know this great American author? Take the quiz below to find out. If you get more than 5 answers right, celebrate Seuss’s birthday with a world-class rhyme-off!  If you get less than 5 right, break out the books and read on. There’s always more to learn from the master. (You can start by pre-ordering his forthcoming picture book, What Pet Should I Get?)
1. “It is fun to have fun but you have to know how.”
2. “Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you.”
3. “You’ll see in the spotlight a juggling jott who can juggle some stuff you might think he could not, such as twenty-two question marks, which is a lot.” (Ed Note: Yeah, it is.)
4. “A person’s a person, no matter how small.”
5. “Kid, you’ll move mountains.”
6. “From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere!”
7. “On different days, I’m different too.”
8. “You’ll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut.”
9. “All the turtles are free, as turtles and, maybe, all creatures should be.”
10. “I will not eat them in a house. I will not eat them with a mouse.”
Answers
1. The Cat in the Hat
2. Happy Birthday to You!
3. If I Ran the Circus
4. Horton Hears a Who!
5. Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
6. One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
7. My Many Colored Days
8. I Can Read with My Eyes Shut!
9. Yertle the Turtle
10. Green Eggs and Ham